Receipts for expense tracking
The user scans a crumpled receipt, the scanner flattens and crops it, and your backend stores the file and extracts amount, date and merchant with OCR or an AI model.
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What users scan in vibe-coded apps
Contracts and signed forms
Multi-page scans of leases, consent forms or onboarding paperwork go straight into the client record instead of arriving by email as blurry photos.
Field work and deliveries
Delivery notes, inspection sheets, handwritten work orders: crews scan on site and the office sees a clean, readable document a minute later.
No new UI to build
The scanner hooks into every standard <input type="file">. If your app already has an upload button, the scan entry appears there as soon as the setting is on.
Switch it on and make your uploads scan-friendly
Half an hour, including a test on two phones.
Enable the setting
iOS:
var kVisionKitEnable = truein Config.swift. Android:ENABLE_ML_KIT_DOCUMENT_SCANNER = truein Config.java. Set either one to false to hide the entry again.Accept PDFs as well as images
Android returns a PDF of up to 5 pages per scan, and the upload dialog adapts its entries to the input's
acceptattribute. Use something likeaccept="image/*,application/pdf"and make sure your upload code and storage acceptapplication/pdf.Allow realistic file sizes
A multi-page scan is larger than a profile photo. Check the size limits of your upload route and storage bucket, and show progress while the file travels over mobile data.
Write an honest camera purpose string
The scanner uses the camera, so the camera usage description should mention documents, for example "to scan receipts and attach them to your expense reports".
Test on real devices
iOS needs iOS 18.4 or later and a device that supports the VisionKit document camera; elsewhere the entry hides itself. Android needs Google Play Services. Simulators and emulators are not a realistic test.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to change my web app for the document scanner?
Usually not. Every standard file input gets the scan entry once the setting is on. Check that the input accepts PDF as well as images, because Android returns a PDF, and that your upload limit allows multi-page files.
Which file format do I receive?
On Android a PDF with up to 5 pages per scan. On iOS the VisionKit scan arrives through the same file input; accept both images and PDFs and test the result on a device before you build anything that depends on the format.
Does the scanner read the text (OCR)?
The scanner captures, crops and enhances the pages. Reading the text is up to your backend: send the uploaded file to an OCR or AI extraction service on the server and store the result next to the document.
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